Room at the Top (2012)
3.0 of 5 from 1 ratings
1h 58min
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- Synopsis:
An adaption of John Braine's novel...Young Joe Lampton (Matthew McNulty) arrives in post-World War Two Warley to work at the town's treasury office and rents a room at the top of the house of kindly Mr. (Kevin Doyle) and Mrs. (Julia Ford) Thompson. Through their friends, the Storrs, he joins the local amateur dramatics group where he meets the older, unhappily married Alice Aisgill (Maxine Peake) and they soon hit it off. At Alice's suggestion, he dates innocent young Susan Brown (Jenna Coleman) even though she has a boyfriend in student Jack Wales (Theo James), but his friendship with Alice soon turns to a sexual affair. He nonetheless pursues Susan, who is flattered by his attentions... Joe continues his affair with Alice and they spend a highly-sexed long weekend together. He suggests she gets a divorce and goes away with him but she tells him that her husband would ruin them out of spite. He gets into a drunken pub fight with Jack Wales over Susan, with whom he has resumed his relationship and who is aware of the affair with Alice, telling him to dump her. Susan's father offers to set him up in business if he will leave town but when Joe refuses Mr. Brown (Kevin McNally) suggests Joe work for him and marry Susan - but he must never see Alice again... - Actors:
- Matthew McNulty, Maxine Peake, Jenna Coleman, Tom Brooke, Julia Ford, Peter Wight, Kevin Doyle, Lauren Crace, Kate O'Flynn, Zoe Telford, Paul Tomblin, Theo James, Paul Hilton, Kevin McNally, Daniel Flynn, Eithne Browne, Byron Owen, Dicken Ashworth, Beatrice Comins, Kerrie Hayes
- Directors:
- Aisling Walsh
- Producers:
- Paul Frift
- Writers:
- John Braine, Amanda Coe
- Aka:
- Ambição
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Romance
